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Chaucer, in his description of the Miller, calls this merry narrator of fabliaux a jangler and a goliardeis.

From Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse by Symonds, John Addington

And distinctly they heard the faint, far tinkle of the jangler calling again for "full speed ahead."

From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward

"Oh! by Saint Hubert, I have heard of him—men say he is a reveller, and a jangler, and a waster of his goods."

From The Betrothed by Scott, Walter, Sir

My son, speak not, but with thine head thou beck,* *beckon, nod Dissimule as thou wert deaf, if that thou hear A jangler speak of perilous mattere.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

"Cast off!" he cried; and the silent crowd heard clearly the single sharp bell ringing for attention, and then the "jangler" that called for full speed ahead.

From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward